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(1) TOPIC GUIDES
Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in the UNEP.(2) COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION
Download this document to learn more about how the UNEP operates.(3) VIDEO GUIDES
For a brief overview on the history of climate change by the Royal Society, click here!To learn more about Climate change negotiations, click here.
To learn more about the history of the Kyoto Protocol, click here.
Want to learn even more about what the Kyoto Protocol? Click here!
To learn more about the 2012 Doha Climate conference and the disucssion to the extend the Kyoto Protocol, click here.
Want to learn more about what you can do about climate change? Click here!
To learn more about emissions trading and carbon units, click here.
(4) LINKS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
Pew Center on Global Climate ChangeWorld Wildlife Fund
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United Nations Environmental Programme
(5) PRIMARY SOURCES
Kyoto ProtocolDoha Climate Conference
(6) COUNTRY RESEARCH
Afghanistan
Hydrate Life, 2012, Afghanistan's Water CrisisOutlook Afghanistan, 2016, Kabul Facing Sever Water Crisis
NY Times, 2015, Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis
Angola
USAID, Angola Water and Sanitation ProfileMail & Guardian, 2011, Water everywhere in Angola, but few places to drink
Australia
The Conversation, 2015, The role of water in Australia’s uncertain futureThe Conversation, 2016, It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Canada
Rights Watch, 2016, Canada: Water Crisis Puts First Nations Families at RiskThe Huffington Post Canada, 2016, Canada First Nations Water Issues Need To Be Fixed: UN
China
NY Times, 2016, Rural Water, Not City Smog, May Be China’s Pollution NightmareInternational Business Times, 2015, China announces ambitious plan to clean up its water, close down polluting factories
Estonia
News ERR, 2015, Estonians breathe cleaner air but sea water pollution remains a problemEstonia World, 2016, Estonia is among the 10 greenest countries in the world
France
The Local fr, 2014, Tap water 'polluted' for 1.5 million in FranceFrance Diplomatie, 2013, France and the right to water and Sanitation
India
UNICEF, Water, Environment and SanitationNY Times, 2013, Rains or Not, India Is Falling Short on Drinkable Water
Japan
Niponica, 2015,Japan, Land of Water: A Marriage of Technology and WaterNY Times, 2016, Fukushima Keeps Fighting Radioactive Tide 5 Years After Disaster
Pakistan
NY Times, 2015, Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis
The New International, 2015, 38.5m people have no access to safe drinking water in Pakistan
Russia
BBC, 2014, Russia fears Crimea water shortage as supply drops
Russian Water Association, Russian water sector
South Africa
African Business, 2015, South Africa’s dirty water crisis
Brand South Africa, 2015, South Africa tackles water issues
United Kingdom
The Guardian,
United States
CNBC, 2016, America's water crisis goes beyond Flint, Michigan
NY Times 2016, For These Americans, Clean Water Is a Luxury
Venezuela
The Conversation, 2016, Venezuela: how a water crisis brought an entire country to its kneesNY Times, 2016, Hundreds Wait Long Hours For Free, Clean Water in Caracas
Brazil
The World Bank, 2016, Brazil may be the Owner of 20% of the World’s Water Supply but it is still Very ThirstyThe Atlantic, 2016, What Happens When There’s Sewage in the Water?
Ethiopia
USAID, Ethiopia: WaterMSNBC, 2013, Women in Ethiopia struggle to survive without water
Italy
Research Italy, 2015, Italian water? One of the best in the world, though…Mexico
Mexperience, 2016, Drinking Water in MexicoThe Guardian, 2016, Mexico City's Water Crisis- from source to sewer
Nepal
The Diplomat, 2015, Addressing Nepal's Water CrisisUN Dispatch, 2016, One year after the Nepal earthquake, clean water is still in short supply
Syria
UNICEF, 2013, Running dry: Water and sanitation crisis threatens Syrian childrenCNN, 2017, Water is the latest battleground in Syria
Ukraine
UNICEF, Ukraine Water and SanitationUNICEF, 2015, In eastern Ukraine, water shortage puts babies and mothers at risk